SportPolitical interference and patronage in the selection of sports teams for overseas competition could be a thing of the past with Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe pushing for a new sports law where Ministerial approval will not be necessary. This was the welcome news conveyed to Suresh Subramaniam, president of the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka at a felicitation for the medalists at the Commonwealth Games at Temple Trees. “The Minister of Sports made a suggestion to the Prime Minister and the Prime Minister endorsed that the Sports Ministry should never be involved in selection and said steps would be taken to change the sports law,” Subramaniam disclosed. “The Prime Minister has assured all the medal winners will get a plot of land so that they can build a house. The six medal winners received a further windfall when the executive committee of National Olympic Committee decided to award cash grants.

Source: Sunday Times May 07, 2018 00:56 UTC